2002.01.D.01 Restoration Of The Sacred Name Created by James3 on 8/8/2019 11:15:19 AM Restoration Of The Sacred Name
Why were the Sacred Names removed from the Scriptures? - 7000 times in the Old Testament and 1000 times in the New Testament? The Restoration thereof is flooding the world - You can share in it also!
Updated 20 Dec. 2001
The use of the SACRED NAME by Commentators, preachers and in special Sacred Name Bible publications, have been rapidly increasing over the last few decades. So intensive has this increase of knowledge been, that the use of the Hebrew or Jewish Names of The Most High and the Messiah, have become almost common domain in religious education and institutions and amongst dedicated worshippers.
According to Jewish Orthodox tradition, the Sacred Name is not to be uttered and accordingly, the form "G-d " is used in writing or printing. In place of pronouncing the Sacred Name in prayer, worship and discussion, the form "Adonai" (the Hebrew for 'Lord') is used.
With due respect to our Jewish readers and to the Almighty, we use and print the Sacred Name for the following reasons, which we feel do override all other considerations:
- To identify and accordingly exalt the bearer of this Name as the PERSONAL God of Israel and of the universe, as opposed to the general interpretation of a rather mystical, almost unidentifiable Being, as held by most religions.
- To proclaim and make known this Name unto the masses of believers who claim to follow Him but know not His Name - so that they may sanctify and praise His name that His Name may be honoured among the nations (Malachi 1:11).
YAHVEH - The 'Personal' Name of the 'God of Israel' by which He anciently revealed Himself to Moses (EXODUS 6:2). It appears in the Hebrew Scriptures as four Hebrew letters YHVH, known as the Tetragammaton. According to Jewish tradition it is regarded as 'not to be uttered' in order never to profane it in any way. It is therefore pronounced as 'Adonai', meaning 'Lord'. Resultantly, translations have, throughout the ages, replaced the Tetragammaton with 'the LORD' and the Sacred Name, in so doing, became 'lost' for many centuries. Some modern theological trends have 'rediscovered' the Sacred Name and have chosen to restore it in the almost 7000 instances in the Bible.
Although there is no firm consensus on the actual pronouncement or spelling of the Tetragammaton, the form YAHVEH is well acknowledged and is therefore recommended in this publication without being dogmatic or insistent on this form as the exclusive form. We will however print the Tetragammaton form YHVH and leave the reader free to either substitute it or pronounce a more favoured form.
The mystery attached to the Name of the Almighty, is related to the verb ‘to be' ( I am, I was, I will be) which is the Hebrew verb ‘Hoveh’ (the ‘v’ pronounced as in ‘victory’), meaning “to be”, in the present tense. YHVH therefore, means: “YAH Hoveh”, which means “YAH is ...” (YAH being His abbreviated (actual ?) name as reflected in Psalm 68:4 in some translations.
It is therefore quite possible that the correct rendering of the SH'MAH (the Greatest Commandment - Deut 6:4) should therefore read:
SHMAA YISRAEL, YAH HOVEH ELOHEINU, YAH HOVEH ECHAD
HEAR ISRAEL YAH IS OUR GOD YAH IS ONE
In modern Hebrew grammar this matter is so serious and important, that the verb ‘to be’ (‘I am’) is not used in the present tense at all! An Israeli will therefore state in Hebrew: “I teacher ... I clever”, omitting the verb 'to be' (I am) in the present tense. Usage of the Hebrew verb ‘HOVEH’ (I am) would imply referring to oneself as being the Almighty! This gives reason for serious contemplation. The Almighty “is” everything good, without question. The human being, being exactly the opposite, is so easily inclined to self exaltation and self praise (often hidden under a false pretense of humility, love, care, etc.). The use of "I" and "I am" in the vocabulory of the proud and arrogant individual is a popular practice. The indwelling Spirit of the Almighty in the heart and soul of the believer, changes this selfish, haughty, deceiving attitude to an attitude of genuine humility, recreated in His Image, as the Almighty requires of us to possess. Volumes could be written on this subject.
YAHU'SHUAH- The original Hebrew or Jewish Name of the professing Jewish Messiah, who was accepted as such by a certain section (some 3000 souls) of Israel, at and after His Appearance in Israel, some 2000 years ago.
To them He was known as YAHU'SHUAH (abbreviated: Y'SHUAH, also pronounced YEHOSHUA or YESHUA). In time, over the first few centuries after Messiah, His Name was gradually changed to "Je-Zeus Khristos" by the pagan masses who converted and joined the originally Jewish Messianic Sect. Out of this, Christianity was born, which was a mixture of originally pure Judaism, and gradually, progressive influences of pagan customs and traditions, together with a growing tide of an anti-Semitic spirit. This was greatly due to the instigation of influential leaders like Constantine the Great, who was a Zeus worshipper, and who purportedly converted to Christianity. It was also a natural process as a result of the infiltration of followers of the sungod, Zeus, into the Christian ranks. Even the name of their pagan idol 'Zeus' was applied to their new-found Jewish Messiah - and Y'Shuah (the abbreviated transliteration of YAHU'SHUAH), became "Y'Zeus" or Je-Zeus - which became 'Jesus' in English (NOTE - the middle 's' is pronounced as a 'z'). In other languages, it took on various other forms.
A similar pagan influenced name-shift has been retained to this day in the KJV translation of Luke 4:27, where it refers to the prophet "Eliseus' and an event recorded in 2 Kings 5:14 (according even to the KJV reference version). This prophet's Hebrew name, however, was 'Eli'Shuah', which means "God is my Salvation" (as Y'SHUAH means "YAH is Salvation" or "YAH the Saviour"). Exactly the same as the pagan influence changed Y'SHUAH to "Y'Zeus" - ('Jesus' - phonetically 'Jezus'), so also Luk 4:27 reflects the change of "Eli'Shuah" to "Eli'Zeus' ("My God is Zeus")! Youngs Bible Concordance in its reference to the name 'Eliseus', states: "The form in which the name of Elisha appears in the common version of the New Testament and the Apocrypha in Luke 4:27".
The Hebrew form of the Name YAHU'SHUAH (or Y'SHUAH) is often used in the Tanach (Old Testament) as well as in the official Jewish daily and festival Prayer Books, where it is generally translated as "Salvation".
The recent much acclaimed computer generated research into repeating patterns or 'secret revealing codes' purportedly contained in the original Hebrew text of the Tanach (Hebrew Bible), revealed hidden codes of the Name Y'SHUAH in all the prophetic sections concerning the promised Messiah. (Refer to a discussion for and against this 'evidence' on Web Site
http://www.best.com/~dolphin/torahcodes.html (Click on this URL for direct on-line transfer).
The 6th Book of the Bible uses the identical Hebrew form, and is translated "Joshua". The most probable authentic form is YAHOSHUA or YAHU'SHUA
The publishers wish to emphasise that, although the forms YAHVEH (for the God of Israel), and YAHU'SHUAH (for the Messiah) are favoured in this edition, we acknowledge most of the other accepted forms. We believe that we should not be dogmatic, since all usages which are truly transliterations of the original Hebrew, are proposed in an earnest endeavour to reproduce the original Hebrew form and pronunciation sound of the Sacred Names, with the letters of our own language.
Transliteration
The process of writing Hebrew words in the Roman (English) alphabet is known as
'transliteration'. Transliteration is more an art than a science, and opinions on the correct way to transliterate Hebrew words and names vary widely amongst the Sacred Name Restorers. This is why, for instance, the Jewish festival of lights (in Hebrew, spelled Chet-Nun-Kaf-He) is transliterated as 'Chanukah, Chanukkah, Hanuka' and many other forms Each spelling has a legitimate phonetic and orthographic basis; none is right or wrong from a linguists's viewpoint. It is only specific in the original Hebrew.
The following transliterated versions of the Sacred Names which are in use by various Sacred name groups, are therefore acknowledged:
YHVH YHWH Yahweh Yahveh Yaveh Yaweh Jehova Jehovah Jahova Jahovah Yahova Yahovah Jahowa Jahowah Yahavah Jahavah Yahowe Yahoweh Jahaveh Jahaweh Yahaveh Yahaweh Jahuweh Yahuweh Jahuwah Yahuwah Yahuah Yah Jah Yahu Yahoo Jahu Yahvah Jahvah Jahve Jahveh Yahve Yahwe Yawhu Iahu Iahou Iahoo Iahueh
Jeshua, Yeshua, Yeshuah, Yehshua, Yehshuah, Yeshouah, Y'shua, Y'shuah, Jeshu, Yeshu, Yehoshua, Yehoshuah, YHVHShua, YHVHShuah, Yhvhshua, Yhwhshua, YHWHShua, YHWHShuah, Yhvhshuah, Yhwhshuah, Yahvehshua, Yahwehshua, Yahvehshuah, Yahwehshuah, Yawhushua, Jahshua, Jahshuah, Jashua, Jashuah, Jahoshua, Jahoshuah, Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Yashua, Yashuah, Yahshua, Yahshuah, Yahushua, Yahushuah, Yahuahshua, Yahuahshuah, Yahoshua, Yahoshuah, Yaohushua, YAOHUSHUA, Yaohushuah, Iahoshua, Iahoshuah, Iahushua, Iahushuah
PRONUNCIATION:
YAHVEH = YA-VE, the ‘YA’ as in ‘yard’;
the ‘VE’ as in 'Vest’
YAHU'SHUAH = YAHU- SHOE- A (the ‘A’ as in ‘arm’).
PRINTED FORMAT:
For YAHVEH - we shall print YHVH
For YAHU'SHUAH - we shall sometimes print Y'SHUAH
It is vital that students of the Bible have a Sacred Name version because the Scriptures become far more transparent in these versions. There are various Sacred Name versions of the Bible available on the market. These are normally not easily obtainable. Please drop me a line at bibrev@pix.co.za if you find any difficulties in locating a Sacred Name Bible. There are also a few on-line free versions available:
On-Line Sacred Name Versions of the Bible - click on title
Sacred Name King James Version
The Scriptures (Dr Koster)
World English Bible - English translation of Hebrew Bible / Tanach
World English Bible - Use this Link for New Testament only
Click here for List of Bible Versions which acknowledge Sacred Names
How to evaluate a Bible Translation Version
Typically, the enemy has gotten 'his foot in the door' with these Sacred Name translations. Because Truth becomes so transparent when we read the Sacred Name in some 7000 instances in the Bible, the publishers of some of these versions have not neglected to twist some of the most salient texts concerning the sublime Identity of YAHU'SHUAH as the Only true God, away from this revelationary Truth. Three editions which make themselves particularly guilty of this audacious tactic, is
The Traina version,
The Scriptures (Dr Koster). and
The JW version
The TEST verse, by which to test the authenticity of a specific Translation and the spirit of the translator, is:
Isaiah 9:5 (or 6 in some versions):
Here is the original Hebrew version and its literal word meanings:
Ki - Because
Yeled - a boy
yulad – born
lanu - to/for us
Ben - a son
natan - was given
lanu - to us
va'tehi - and shall be
ha'misrah - the rule, dominion
al Shichmoh - on his shoulder
va'yikra Shmoh - and - shall call - His Name
Peleh - Wonderful
Yoh'etz - Consultant, Councellor
El Gibor - God Mighty
Avi-ad - Father Eternal
Sar-Shalom - Ruler of Peace
The literal word meanings above, indisputably refer to the Messiah as the 'Mighty God and Eternal Father' - but when comparing different translations, it becomes clear that some translators deliberately conceal this Revelation by their manipulative renderings. The reader may be sure that the rest of such a translation, in the many less affirmative texts, will certainly continue this cover-up.
Quotations in this Web Site of BIBLE REVELATIONS are generally made from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, unless otherwise stated. Readers should however compare as many translations as possible and carefully follow the general context of those sections from which quotations are made as well as that of the whole Bible in its entirety.
Following is a List of Bible Translation Versions which do recognize the Sacred Name of God to some greater or lesser extent. The power of tradition over people's minds, becomes evident when there is such a long list of authoratative Bible versions which recognise the Sacred Names, yet there is such great opposition by the majority of believers against the use or recognition thereof.
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In a strange play on Opposites, both the Names of the Creator God (YHVH) and the Messiah (YAHU'SHUAH) have extreme opposite meanings, when one Hebrew letter only, is changed in these Names to an alternative similar 'sounding' alphabetic letter. By changing even just a vowel sound, the meaning of the Name changes from 'sacred to evil', from 'good to bad'.
The lack of proper and in-depth knowledge of Hebrew, have led many 'researchers' to wrong conclusions in this matter. In this age of knowledge explosion, assisted by ever advancing technological means of knowledge distribution, a lot of inappropriate 'wisdom' is palmed off on the unwary but serious seeker after Truth. It would be evenly unwise to conclude, that it is therefore safer to close one's mind to 'new evidence' - which would mean continuing in the old way of suppression of the Sacred Names which so revealingly identify the Truth.
It is the onus of the true believer to acquaint him/herself with restorayive Truth - and it is in this spirit that BIBLE REVELATIONS share with you some revelationary knowledge on this and the many other subjects on this Web Site.
We have pointed out above, that there may be a probable linkage of YHVH to the verb 'hoveh' i.e. "YAH - HOVEH, spelt in Hebrew Y-HVH or Yud - hey vav hey. There are now some interpreters who maintain that there is a similar Hebrew word spelt with exactly the same Hebrew letters hey vav hey, which is pronounced "hovah" (as opposed to 'Hoveh') and which means "covetousness/wickedness". They therefore discard versions of the Sacred name like: Jehovah, Yahovah, Yahvah and even Yahoveh.
It is more likely that this closeness in spelling have an underlying Truth in it, like for instance, that YHVH is the Saviour of those who accept Him and comply with His requirements, while He is also the Judge and the Destroyer (ultimately) of those who have rejected Him and who chose to side with His opposers, or those who committed themselves to evil.
The matter becomes particularly problematic, considering the peculiar essentials of the Hebrew language not having vowels. It is the vowels that will change 'hoveh' into 'hovah' - but there are no written vowels in Hebrew proper to indicate which version is meant (especially anciently when the Torah was originally written). Modern Hebrew does utilise little signs (dashes and dots) below the Hebrew letters. Thus either 'hoveh' or 'hovah' is written in Hebrew, simply by using h-v-h (Hebr. hey-vav-hey)
The Hebrew dictionary reflects the following versions, one after the other strangely enough, and all spelt hey-vav-hey
Havah - trouble, destruction, mischief, passion.
Hovah - " " " ruin
Havah - 3rd person past tense of 'to be' i.e. he was
Heveyh - Command form: "be!" - as in 'be lord over your brethren' Gen. 27:29
Hivah - 3rd person past tense - to cause to be, constitute
Hoveh - present, present tense.
Hoveh - 1st person, male, present tense - to be i.e.I AM - though written with a
double vav
Hovah - " " female, - do -
As if confirming the above peculiarity, the Hebrew spelling of the Salvation Name inherent in Messiah's Name, YAHU'SHUAH, has an equivalent particularly 'bad' alternative. This occurs in the 'ah' sound in the final syllable, 'Shuah'. In Hebrew, there are 2 letters denoting the 'a' or 'ah' sound - either the Aleph, or the A'yin. YAHU'SHUAH (meaning 'YAH or YAHU is salvation', 'Saviour', 'Help') is written with an a'yin. But, the 'Holocaust', the biggest catastrophy in Jewish history, is also called the 'Shoah' (Yom HaShoah is the special remembrance Day on the Jewish Calendar). This spelling is similar to the last part of the Salvation Name, i.e. 'YAH-Shuah', but it ends with an aleph - before the final silent hey (which is sometimes used and other times not).
The dictionary, surprisingly, gives the meaning of Shoah as "destruction, ruin" (same as for Havah!) - also as
'holocaust, cataclysm, disaster, abyss' - all totally opposite from the sacred meanings depicted in His name and Mission.
Is this pure co-incidence - or is there a deeper meaning, i.e. that YAHU'SHUAH will be 'disaster' etc. for those who oppose Him and go lost, but He shall be Saviour and Help to those who accept Him, thereby coming into the Eternal Covenant, like unto, and equal with Judah (the Jews) - refer Eph. ch 2.
Is God not after all a Great Blessing to those who worship Him, and disaster to
those who dont? Significantly, there is but a small 'crossing' between the two - yet a great abyss for many souls who find it so hard to traverse.
CAUTIONARY NOTE: For every Truth that transpires, Satan stands ready with an alternative, to drag would-be overcomers down into the Abyss again. Be warned, that this supposition of a probable dual meaning in both the Name of the Creator God as well as His Salvation Name, will be grabbed as support for their sick teaching, by promoters of the theory that "God in essence can be the Source of both Good and Evil". These people obviously lack the true respect and love for the Impeccable and Holy One. The fact that, apart from being the Saviour to some people, God may also be the Judge and 'disaster' to those who oppose Him, does not make Him the source of that evil or disaster! This 'theory' goes even deeper, to an extent that we would refrain from even mentioning here - be warned! This will simply be another test of your True and unshakable Faith in His Holiness, which you will be amply rewarded for in His Kingdom.
So, don't shy away from Knowledge which will set you free. The Truth shall certainly set you free. Simply cling to the admonition given in:
Phil 4:8 (KJV) "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things" (and discard the rest!).
Click below for Additional Reading
666 - Mark of the Beast versus The Sacred Name
Should we say 'Elohim' rather than 'God'?
Why should a believer be baptised in the Sacred Name?
What really happened at 'Pentecost' in Jerusalem?
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